Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by James Lacey

 First, yes, I can't stand Trump, and it's doubtful anyone could ever redeem him for me. Second, I am not naive enough to think that Trump is solely responsible for the inadequate response from the Federal Government regarding the Coronavirus.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

I think I've made it pretty clear I don't blame Trump entirely. He is however a terrible leader, a worse human being, and undoubtedly the stupidest man to ever occupy the office.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

He bashed the EU ban.  He did it on the day that the deaths in the EU quadrupled.  

Originally Posted by James Brown

I see so much less distance between NYT or CNN and Fox than you do!

Of course Fox is primarily TV, and I don't watch the news on TV at all anymore!

Jim

p.s.  I'm talking about hard political content only.  PBS, and the NYT have excellent straight news, science cultural and other reporting that I enjoy very much and trust.

Originally Posted by James Lacey

I did not. What I said was that its implementation was terrible. It was unannounced and with no regard for coordination. It stranded thousands upon thousands of travelers in our airports who were returning from COVID hotspots shoulder-to-shoulder for hours upon hours why they tried to claim their luggage and navigate customs. Seriously Greg, the only person on the planet who misrepresents what people say worse than Trump, is Davis.

Originally Posted by Darian Rachal

James, I just wonder how you're going to cope with four more years of a Trump presidency? I assume you have at least admitted to yourself that he can possibly be reelected. 

Originally Posted by James Lacey

You can justify it that way if you want, but as it turns out, the ban was meaningless. In hindsight, it accomplished nothing.

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

He's a lying leftist Greg.

Here is James Lacey, aka Forrest's posting on March 12 about the EU travel ban,

James Lacey Mar 12 12:08 PM:

The travel ban is dumb and a typical xenophobic knee-jerk reaction. Frankly, it smacks of Stephen Miller. The virus is already here. It was here as far back as December, and the CDC knew. All this travel ban is going to do is kill the airline industry. I'll be lucky to have a job still after all this is over. Not to worry though, I hear the public health expert Jared is in charge now, and he's googling coronavirus as we speak!

So then when James Lacey's fingers are typing we can all be assured he's off his nut, and also that he'll deny his words, until he's caught.  

Originally Posted by James Brown

Hi Darian:

Often I think James goes pretty far over the top when discussing Trump, I think I've mentioned that before.  More often though, James' posts make me uncomfortable precisely  because James so clearly articulates the President's many real and documented shortcomings.  Those sort of posts make for tough reading because I try and want to support the office of the President whether I admire the occupant of that office or not.  You've been around Astromart long enough to know that respect for the office is how I treated Obama and Bush too.  

In my view, much of the negative stuff posted by a natural moderate (James) or a natural conservative (Russ) who might despise Trump is much more useful and thought provoking than the stuff posted by any reflexive and unwavering Trump apologist.  I don't see James' postings as TDS.  I see his input as a legitimate, often accurate, and certainly thought provoking assessment of Trump, his governance style and his character.

Don't you sometimes feel slimy too, when you try to support Trump and his administration, and Trump rewards you by making it damn near impossible to respect him?

Jim 

Originally Posted by James Brown

Outside of the contentious political topics we all love to discuss, where have the NYT and PBS been caught in BS?